The winners of well over 100 awards were announced at the 2011 Grammy Awards held on February 13, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. EST. The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, and aired live on CBS.1 The nominations for all of the 2011 Grammy Awards were announced on December 2, 2011.2

Among the nominees include rapper Eminem who leads all others in total nominations by receiving 10 including nods for Record of the Year and Album of the Year. Bruno Mars had seven nominations, second to Eminem, while rapper Jay-Z, country music group Lady Antebellum and pop singer Lady Gaga received six nominations each.3

Arcade Fire wins Album Of The Year for their 2010 album, The Suburbs.

Lady Antebellum wins the Grammy for Record Of The Year for their track "Need You Now" from their 2010 album, Need You Now.

Eminem wins the Grammy for Best Rap Album for his 2010 album, Recovery.

Esperanza Spalding wins the Grammy for Best New Artist.

Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, and Hillary Scott win the Grammy for Song Of The Year for the track, "Need You Now" from their 2010 album, Need You Now.

Lady Antebellum wins the Grammy for Best Country Album for their 2010 album, Need You Now.

Lady Gaga wins the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album for her 2010 album, The Fame Monster.

Muse wins the Grammy for Best Rock Album for their 2010 album, The Resistance.

Miranda Lambert wins the Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the track "The House That Built Me" from her 2010 album, Revolution.

Train wins the Grammy for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for the track "Hey, Soul Sister (Live)".

Of the 109 Grammy Awards for the 2011 season include four general awards for the top artists and recordings of the year. Record of the Year names the top track or single of the year, with the award going to the artist, producer, recording engineer and mixer. The Song of the Year category is similar, selecting the top track, but is awarded to the songwriter responsible for the work. Open to vocal and instrumental albums, Album of the Year is awarded to the artist, producer, engineer and mixer. In the last of the general awards, the Best New Artist award is given to the top artist whose release during the eligible year establishes the public identity of the artist as a performer.http://www2.grammy.com/PDFs/Recording_Academy/53CatDescGuide.pdf

Other awards are divided between musical genre, with awards in the areas of pop, electronic or dance, rock, alternative, R&B, rap, country, new age, jazz, gospel, Latin, American roots, reggae, world music, children's, spoken world, comedy, musical show, visual media (including film and television), composing and arranging, package, album notes, classical, music videos and production. Many of the genres are divided further into separate awards for the top performances by male and female artists, performances for duos or groups, instrumental works, collaborations, albums and songs.http://www2.grammy.com/PDFs/Recording_Academy/53CatDescGuide.pdf

Winners are bolded.

• Record of the Year
  • "Nothin' On You" - B.o.B & Bruno Mars
  • "Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem & Rihanna
  • "F*** You! (Forget You)" - Cee Lo Green
  • "Empire State Of Mind" - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
  • "Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum

• Album of the Year
  • The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
  • Recovery - Eminem
  • Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
  • The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga
  • Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

• Song of the Year
  • "Beg Steal Or Borrow" - Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)
  • "F*** You! (Forget You)" - Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green)
  • "The House That Built Me" - Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
  • "Love The Way You Lie" - Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem featuring Rihanna)
  • "Need You Now" - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

• Best New Artist
  • Justin Bieber
  • Drake
  • Florence & The Machine
  • Mumford & Sons
  • Esperanza Spalding

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • "King of Anything" - Sara Bareilles
  • "Halo" (Live) - Beyoncé Knowles
  • "Chasing Pirates" - Norah Jones
  • "Bad Romance" - Lady Gaga
  • "Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry

• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • "Haven't Met You Yet" - Michael Buble
  • "This Is It" - Michael Jackson
  • "Whataya Want From Me" - Adam Lambert
  • "Just The Way You Are" - Bruno Mars
  • "Half of My Heart" - John Mayer

• Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
  • "Don't Stop Believin'" (Regionals Version) - Glee Cast
  • "Misery" - Maroon 5
  • "The Only Exception" - Paramore
  • "Babyfather" - Sade
  • "Hey, Soul Sister" (Live) - Train

• Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
  • "Airplanes, Part II" - B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
  • "Imagine" - Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
  • "If It Wasn't For Bad" - Elton John & Leon Russell
  • "Telephone" - Lady Gaga & Beyonce
  • "California Gurls" - Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

• Best Pop Vocal Album
  • My World 2.0 - Justin Bieber
  • I Dreamed a Dream - Susan Boyle
  • The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga
  • Battle Studies - John Mayer
  • Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

• Best Dance Recording
  • "Rocket" - Goldfrapp
  • "In for the Kill" - La Roux
  • "Dance in the Dark" - Lady Gaga
  • "Only Girl (In the World)" - Rihanna
  • "Dancing on My Own" - Robyn

• Best Electronic/Dance Album
  • These Hopeful Machines - BT
  • Further - The Chemical Brothers
  • Head First - Goldfrapp
  • Black Light - Groove Armada
  • La Roux - La Roux

• Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
  • Crazy Love - Michael Buble
  • The Greatest Love Songs of All Time - Barry Manilow
  • Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville - Johnny Mathis
  • Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V - Rod Stewart
  • Love Is the Answer - Barbra Streisand

• Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
  • "Run Back To Your Side" - Eric Clapton
  • "Crossroads" - John Mayer
  • "Helter Skelter" - Paul McCartney
  • "Silver Rider" - Robert Plant
  • "Angry World" - Neil Young

• Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
  • "Ready To Start" - Arcade Fire
  • "I Put A Spell On You" - Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
  • "Tighten Up" - The Black Keys
  • "Radioactive" - Kings of Leon
  • "Resistance" - Muse

• Best Hard Rock Performance
  • "A Looking In View" - Alice In Chains
  • "Let Me Hear You Scream" - Ozzy Osbourne
  • "Black Rain" - Soundgarden
  • "Between the Lines" - Stone Temple Pilots
  • "New Fang" - Them Crooked Vultures

• Best Metal Performance
  • "El Dorado" - Iron Maiden
  • "Let The Guilt Go" - Korn
  • "In Your Words" - Lamb Of God
  • "Sudden Death" - Megadeth
  • "World Painted Blood" - Slayer

• Best Rock Song
  • "Angry World" - Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)
  • "Little Lion Man" - Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
  • "Radioactive" - Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings of Leon)
  • "Resistance" - Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
  • "Tighten Up" - Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)

• Best Rock Album
  • Emotion & Commotion - Jeff Beck
  • The Resistance - Muse
  • Backspacer - Pearl Jam
  • Mojo - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
  • Le Noise - Neil Young

• Best Alternative Music Album
  • The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
  • Infinite Arms - Band Of Horses
  • Brothers - The Black Keys
  • Broken Bells - Broken Bells
  • Contra - Vampire Weekend

• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • "Gone Already" - Faith Evans
  • "Bittersweet" - Fantasia
  • "Everything to Me" - Monica
  • "Tired" - Kelly Price
  • "Holding You Down (Going In Circles)" - Jazmine Sullivan

• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • "Second Chance" - El DeBarge
  • "Finding My Way Back" - Jaheim
  • "Why Would You Stay" - Kem
  • "We're Still Friends" - (Kirk Whalum &) Musiq Soulchild
  • "There Goes My Baby" - Usher

• Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
  • "Love" - Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller
  • "Take My Time" - Chris Brown & Tank
  • "You've Got A Friend" - Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
  • "Shine" - John Legend & The Roots
  • "Soldier Of Love" - Sade

• Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
  • "When A Woman Loves" - R. Kelly
  • "Hang On In There" - John Legend & The Roots
  • "You're So Amazing" - Calvin Richardson
  • "In Between" - Ryan Shaw
  • "Go" [Live] - Betty Wright

• Best Urban/Alternative Performance
  • "Little One" - Bilal
  • "F*** You!" - Cee Lo Green
  • "Orion" -Carolyn Malachi
  • "Tightrope" - Janelle Monáe & Big Boi
  • "Still" - Eric Roberson

• Best R&B Song
  • "Bittersweet" - Charles Harmon & Claude Kelly, songwriters (Fantasia)
  • "Finding My Way Back" - Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Curt Chambers, Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, Jaheim Hoagland & Miquel Jontel, songwriters (Jaheim)
  • "Second Chance" - E. Debarge & Mischke, songwriters (El DeBarge)
  • "Shine" - John Stephens, songwriter (John Legend & The Roots)
  • "Why Would You Stay" - K. Owens, songwriter (Kem)

• Best R&B Album
  • The Love & War Masterpeace - Raheem DeVaughn
  • Back To Me - Fantasia
  • Another Round - Jaheim
  • Wake Up! - John Legend & The Roots
  • Still Standing - Monica

• Best Contemporary R&B Album
  • Graffiti - Chris Brown
  • Untitled - R. Kelly
  • Transition - Ryan Leslie
  • The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe
  • Raymond V Raymond - Usher

• Best Rap Solo Performance
  • "Over" - Drake
  • "Not Afraid" - Eminem
  • "How Low" - Ludacris
  • "I'm Back" - T.I.
  • "Power" - Kanye West

• Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
  • "Shutterbugg" - Big Boi & Cutty
  • "Fancy" - Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz
  • "On To The Next One" - Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
  • "My Chick Bad" - Ludacris & Nicki Minaj
  • "Lose My Mind" - Young Jeezy & Plies

• Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
  • "Nothin' On You" - B.o.B & Bruno Mars
  • "Deuces" - Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
  • "Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem & Rihanna
  • "Empire State Of Mind" - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
  • "Wake Up! Everybody" - John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common

• Best Rap Song
  • "Empire State Of Mind" - Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Alicia Keys, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)
  • "Love The Way You Lie" - Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem & Rihanna)
  • "Not Afraid" - M. Burnett, J. Evans, Marshall Mathers, L. Resto & M. Samuels, songwriters (Eminem)
  • "Nothin' On You" - Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Bobby Simmons Jr., songwriters (B.o.B & Bruno Mars)
  • "On To The Next One" - Shawn Carter, J. Chaton & K. Dean, songwriters (G. Auge & X. De Rosnay, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz)

• Best Rap Album
  • The Adventures Of Bobby Ray - B.o.B
  • Thank Me Later - Drake
  • Recovery - Eminem
  • The Blueprint 3 - Jay-Z
  • How I Got Over - The Roots

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance
  • "Satisfied" - Jewel
  • "The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert
  • "Swingin'" - LeAnn Rimes
  • "Temporary Home" - Carrie Underwood
  • "I'd Love To Be Your Last" - Gretchen Wilson

• Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • "Macon" - Jamey Johnson
  • "Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song)" - Toby Keith
  • "Turning Home" - David Nail
  • "'Til Summer Comes Around" - Keith Urban
  • "Gettin' You Home" - Chris Young

• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
  • "Free" - Zac Brown Band
  • "Elizabeth" - Dailey & Vincent
  • "Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum
  • "Little White Church" - Little Big Town
  • "Where Rainbows Never Die" - The SteelDrivers

• Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
  • "Bad Angel" - Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
  • "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" - Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers
  • "As She's Walking Away" - Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson
  • "Hillbilly Bone" - Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
  • "I Run To You" - Marty Stuart & Connie Smith

• Best Country Song
  • "The Breath You Take" - Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon & Jessie Jo Dillon, songwriters (George Strait)
  • "Free" - Zac Brown, songwriter (Zac Brown Band)
  • "The House That Built Me" - Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
  • "I'd Love To Be Your Last" - Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate & Sam Tate, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)
  • "If I Die Young" - Kimberly Perry, songwriter (The Band Perry)
  • "Need You Now" - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

• Best Country Album
  • Up On The Ridge - Dierks Bentley
  • You Get What You Give - Zac Brown Band
  • The Guitar Song - Jamey Johnson
  • Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
  • Revolution - Miranda Lamberthttp://www.grammy.com/files/53rdpresslist113010.pdf